Clandestine American explicit novels 1930s/'50s

Captain DuFour and the Madam by John Fuchem, printed for the French Modern Art Society, Paris, France 1933 epitomizes the underground, illegal, illustrated fiction that began to surface in the late 1920s in the United States. Out of fear of prosecution and the desire to make money without the burning passions to publish a break through erotic novel, the world of the erotic "readers" flourished in the United States until the mid-1950s. 

Popular locales for fictitious publishers included Paris, London and Havana, Cuba. Most were published in New York City occasionally printed with letterpress covers on art paper. Some of the titles posted here: Lascivious Lena (complete in four volumes), Forbidden Fruit, Tableaux Vivant (publication date 1889!), Six Hours of Love, Realistic Pleasures and The Doctor. These and other "readers" from an extensive collection will soon be available for purchase in our eBay store.

           

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Tijuana Bibles: The Fuller Brush Man 1930s Complete Set

Tijuana bibles, 8-pagers (the French call them "dirtys") were mail order booklets, made in a small format perfect for inside-jacket-pocket. Usually depicting a movie star, world leader or gangster engaged in "hot sex" (start to finish in 8 pages) these, one time scandalous underground productions, sprang to life in the 1930s. Many experts in the comic book world credit 8-pagers as the genesis for the sexually explicit, underground comics of the late 1960s. 

Frequently "pirated", copied and reprinted, collectors are always looking to upgrade to the original printings usually identifiable by the paper, print quality and placement of the (single) staple binding. Eventually Tijuana bibles became bedding material for many a collection of "sock-draw" smut. 

Here is a rare group of original printings, a continuous series numbered one through ten and is probably a complete set of The Adventures of the Fuller Brush Man series. 

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Adult Bookstore Magazines 1960s ~ 1970s

East coast/west coast publication and consumption of "adult bookstore" magazines started  in early '60s and by the end of the decade had exploded due to the efforts of Parliament, Selbee, Health Knowledge, Marquis, Press Arts and other publishers who found their specialty within the genre and expanded as pop-culture and censorship laws changed. 

Here's a preview of what will be available for purchase soon in my eBay store: Pepper, Hip & Toe, Rendezvous With Pleasure, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Sneaker World Of Elmer Batters, Like Wild!, Hippie Girls, U.S. Sex & World Views, Nude Mood, High Heels and Bizarre Life. 

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